Grade 5: Critical Evaluation of Website Names: _____________ ____________


What is the URL of the Web page you are evaluating?
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What is the name of the site? ________________________________________________

PART ONE: Looking at and Using the Page

1. Does the page take a long time to load? YES/NO
2. Are the pictures on the page helpful? YES/NO NOT APPLICABLE
3. Is each section of the page labeled with a heading? YES/NO
4. Did the author sign his/her real name? YES/NO
5. Did the author give you his/her e-mail address? YES/NO
6. Is there a date on the page that tells you when it was last updated? YES/NO
7. If you go to another page on the site, can you get back to the main page? YES/NO

SUMMARY OF PART ONE:

Using the data you have collected above, explain in a paragraph why you would or would not recommend this site to a friend to be used in a project on climate change.
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PART TWO: What's on the page and who put it there?
1. Does the title of the page tell you what it is about? YES/NO
2. Is there a paragraph on the page explaining what it is about? YES/NO
3. Is there a link to where you can find out who is responsible for this site? YES/NO
4. If so, who is responsible for this site?
5. Is the information on the page current? YES/NO
6. Does the page lead you to some other good information (links)? YES/NO
7. Does the author of the page present some information you disagree with? YES/NO
8. Does the author of the page present some information you think is wrong? YES/NO
9. Does some information disagree with information you have found elsewhere? YES/NO
10.Would you recommend this site for use in a climate change project? YES/NO

SUMMARY OF PART TWO
Looking at the data you collected in part two, give two examples from articles found on the page, and explain why you would or would not agree with these articles.
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Explain what you think the purpose of this website is:
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